Schools
SC Supreme Court Rules for Former School Board Member
The court ruled that a group of Lexington-Richland Five residents didn't show how Kim Murphy's actions affected them, according to a report.
The state Supreme Court overturned a two-year-old ban that prevented ousted Lexington-Richland Five school board member Kim Murphy from filing legal challenges to decisions she opposed, according to a report.
The court ruled that the group of Lexington-Richland Five residents that filed the lawsuit that initiated the ban didn't show how it was affected by Murphy's actions, according to The State.
The residents were upset because Murphy filed a legal challenge to try to stop renovations at Chapin High. She wasn't successful.
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District officials are asking Murphy for $10 million they say she owes because her unsuccessful legal challenge to the Chapin High renovations caused the cost of the project to increase that much.
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The board voted 6-1 to remove Murphy from her seat during a special meeting on March 19 after state officials determined her Old Laurel Lane home in Chapin, which she believed to be in Richland County, was located in Lexington County.
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